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Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

We march on because all lives matter, not to be judged by the color of their skin.

I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.

If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.

Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.

I was involved with the Nation of Islam. I wasn't doing no marching. I've been involved with the Nation for 50 years. Back in those days, they tried to label us as black Muslims. There are Muslims all over the world. It doesn't have to be black; it doesn't matter what color he is.

I don't view myself as marching to any right-wing drummer.

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.

We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.